Milk-bottle receptacle



- W. KASHUR.

MILK BOTTLE RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FiLED SEPT. 15, 1921.

Patented Nov. 15, 1921.

FIG. 1.

attozweq MILK-BOTTLE RECEPTACLE.

Application filed September 15, 1921.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, VVILLiAir KAsHUR, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Bottle Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in milk bottle receptacles and has particular reference to a receptacle or lock box for containing a milk bottle to prevent unauthorized removal of the bottle from the receptacle or box,

The primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a receptacle for milk bottles or other containers wherein mechanism is contained within the receptacle and jointly operated by the weight of the bottle or container, and the closing movement of the door to hold the door in a locked condition, until opened through the medium of a key.

A further object of the invention has reference to a receptacle for milk bottles or other containers wherein arsliding keeper bolt carried by the receptacle is normally held in a retracted position by a tensioned latch lever that is disengaged from the keeper bolt upon the closing movement of the receptacle door and a locking bolt carried by the door engaging the latch lever to disengage the same from the keeper bolt,

. permitting cooperation of the locking and keeper bolts for retaining the door in a closed position.

With the above general objects in view and others that will become apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the invention consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing,

Figure l is a vertical transverse sectional view of a milk bottle receptacle constructed in accordance with the present invention showing the tensioned platform or support for the milk bottle.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line Il-II of Fig. 1 showing the tensioned locking bolt carried by the door engaged by the sliding keeper bolt carried by the receptacle.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 15, E321.

Serial No. 500,729.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line IIIHI of Fig. 2 showing the locking mechanism for the door and a milk bottle mounted upon the platform or support, and

Fig. 4c is a fragmentary elevational view of the inner face of the door showing the tensioned locking bolt and the key operated lever for shifting the same.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, there is illustrated a milk bottle receptacle wherein the milk bottles are locked within the receptacle and prevented from unauthorized removal by auto matically operating devices carried by the receptacle, the receptacle including a rear wall 1, side walls 2, top and bottom walls 3 and hinged forward door 4.

A platform or support for the bottle 5 in cludes a U-shaped member including a bottom wall 6 and side walls 7, the side walls being pivotally mounted at their upper ends upon levers 8 and 9, of angle formation as shown in F ig. 3 and fixed at their lower ends to a transverse shaft 10 ournaled at its ends on the side walls 2 of the receptacle, the plat form 6 being maintained in an elevated position as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 3 by a coil spring 11 secured at one end to the rear wall 1 of the receptacle and at its other end to the upper edge of the adjacent side wall 7 of the platform.

The locking mechanism of the door f includes a vertically sliding keeper bolt 12 guided in its movements by straps 13 and having a link 14: connected to the lower end thereof, this construction being more clearly shown in Fig. 3, the bolt being carried by one of the side walls 2. A bell crank enibodying legs 15 and 16 is pivoted as at 17 to the side wall of the receptacle and has the free end of the leg 15 connected as at 18 to the lower end of the link 14. A. lever 19 fixed at one of its ends to the shaft 10 is connected to the free end of the leg 16 of the bell crank by the link 20, thereby establishing communication beween the bottle platform 6 and the keeper bolt 12, the keeper bolt having a spring connection 21 with the leg 15 of the bell crank normally to force the keeper bolt in a downward direction.

The locking bolt associated with the keeper bolt 12 is carried by the door 4:, the same being designated by the reference numeral 22 and slidably mounted in a bracket 23, the spring 24: surrounding the bolt between the arms of the bracket for placing the same under tension as willbe clearly obvious from an inspection of Figs. 2 and 4, an arm 25 depending from the locking bolt 22 being positioned for engagement by a lug 26 operated by the shaft or arbor of the lock keeper bolt as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

In the operation of the device, assuming that the door 4 is in an open position, a milk bottle or other container is placed upon the platform 6 and the door then moved to a closed position, the locking bolt 22 carried by the door engaging the shoulder end 31 of the latch lever to move the same laterally of the keeper bolt 12 as shown by full lines in Fig. 3 to prevent the weight of the bottle to lower the platform and through the system of links and levers above described, elevate the keeper bolt 12 to a position forwardly of the lock bolt 22, thereby maintaining the door in a closed and locked position. In opening the-door, a key placed in the lock 27 will cause the lug 26 to engage the arm 25 carried by the locking bolt 22 to move the locking bolt against the tension of the spring or and free the same from engagement with the keeper bolt 12, permitting the opening movement of the door and the removal of the bottle 5 when de sired. When the bottle is removed from the platform 6, the spring '7 will elevate the platform and lower the keeper bolt 12 to permit the latch lever 28 to a ain be moved to a set position with the shoulder 01 overlying the keeper bolt 12. From the above detailed description, it is thought that the construction and operation of the device will at once be understood, it being noted that the closing movement of the door releases the latch lever 28 from engagement with the keeper bolt 12 to permit locking engagement of the keeper and locking bolts.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a receptacle having a hinged door,

a pivotally mounted platform within he receptacle, a sliding keeper bolt carried by one wall of the receptacle, lever and link connections between the keeper bolt and platform, a locking bolt carried by the door adapted to be engaged by the keeper bolt to hold the door in locked position, and a latch lever having one end thereof adapted to overlie the keeper bolt to prevent upward movement thereof and be engaged by the lock bolt upon the door to displace the same from engaging position with the keeper bolt to permit cooperation of the lock and keeper bolts.

2. A device of theclass described comprising a receptacle having a hinged door, a pivotally mounted platform within the receptacle, a sliding keeper bolt carried by onevvall of the receptacle, lever and link connections betweenthekeeperbolt and platform, a look ing bolt carried by the door adapted to be engaged by the keeper bolt to hold the door in locked position, tensioned devices extend' ing between said receptacle and platform for normally holding the platform in an elevated position and the keeper bolt in a lowered position, and a latch lever having one end thereof adapted to overlie the keeper bolt to prevent upward movement thereof and be engaged by the lock bolt upon the door to displace the same from engaging position with the keeper bolt to permit cooperation of the lock and keeper bolts.

3. A device of the class described comprising a receptacle having a hinged door a pivotally mounted platform within the receptacle, a sliding keeper bolt carried by one wall of the receptacle, lever and link connections between the keeper bolt and platform, a locking bolt carried by the door adapted to be engaged by the keeper bolt to hold the door in locked position, a latch lever pivotally mounted within the casing, a lateral shoulder carried by one end of the latch lever, and a spring associated with the latch lever for normally positioning the shoulder upon the latch lever in a position overlying the keeper bolt, said shoulder being engaged by the locking bolt upon the door to elevate the same against the spring tension thereon to permit movement of the keeper bolt for engagement by the lock bolt upon the door.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

l/VILLIAM KASHUR. 

